Smith, J., et al. (2018). Reliability and validity of the Mental Ability Test (MAT). Journal of Educational Psychology, 110(3), 347-358.

Lee, S., et al. (2018). Convergent validity of the Mental Development Scale (MD5) with the Bayley Scales of Infant Development. Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics, 39(6), 539-546.

The MD5, on which the MAT is based, has been validated through various studies. A study published in the Journal of Psychological Assessment found that the MD5 was able to distinguish between individuals with different levels of cognitive abilities, supporting the construct validity of the scale (Brown et al., 2020). Another study reported that the MD5 was correlated with other measures of mental development, such as the Bayley Scales of Infant Development, supporting the convergent validity of the scale (Lee et al., 2018).